H.R. 43 119th Congress House

Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Nicholas J. Begich III Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

Native Americans AlaskaAlaska Natives and HawaiiansIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfers

Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 7, 2025

Became Public Law No: 119-23.

Jul 7, 2025

Signed by President.

Jul 3, 2025

Presented to President.

Jun 23, 2025

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Jun 18, 2025

Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3459)

Jun 18, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

Feb 5, 2025

Received in the Senate, read twice.

Feb 4, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 1 (Roll no. 28). (text: CR H445-446)

Feb 4, 2025

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H450-451)

Feb 4, 2025

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Feb 4, 2025

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Feb 4, 2025

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 43.

Feb 4, 2025

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H445-447)

Feb 4, 2025

Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Jan 3, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Feb 4, 2025	House · vote #28	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed	412–1	See who voted →

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Latest action July 7, 2025

Became Public Law No: 119-23.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

This act removes the requirement that Alaska Native village corporations must convey lands to Alaska to be held in trust for future municipal governments.

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) requires all Alaska Native village corporations that receive land under the ANCSA to convey certain lands to the existing municipality in the village or, if no municipality exists, to Alaska in trust for any municipality that may be established in the future. This act removes the requirement for conveyance. Additionally, the act allows village corporations to regain title to the lands held in trust by dissolving the trust through formal resolution by the village corporation and the residents of the Native village.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 16

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
for CHENEGA CORPORATION · Alaska · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC
for CALISTA CORPORATION · Alaska · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
for CHENEGA CORPORATION · Alaska · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC
for CALISTA CORPORATION · Alaska · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC
for CALISTA CORPORATION · Alaska · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
for CHENEGA CORPORATION · Alaska · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
16 filings
SENATE
16 filings
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
7 filings
Education, Dept of
7 filings
Energy, Dept of
7 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
7 filings
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
7 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
7 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 43: Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-43/

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"H.R. 43: Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-43/.

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